Thirteen persons accused in plot to kidnap Michigan governor, overthrow many state govts in US

Thirteen people were charged Thursday in an alleged domestic terrorism plot to kidnap Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, federal and state officials announced. The alleged scheme included plans to overthrow several state governments that the suspects “believe are violating the US Constitution,” including the government of Michigan and Whitmer, according to a federal criminal complaint. Six people […]

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Magu would protect me, Tinubu boasted ―Alpha Beta ex-MD claims, as he heads to court

Mr. Oladapo Apara, former Managing Director of Alpha Beta Consulting, has dragged the company, with a former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu; and the current Managing Director of the firm, Akin Doherty; before a Lagos State High Court, Igbosere. Under a writ of summons filed with suit number LD/7330GCMW/2020, Apara asked the defendants to […]

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Buhari presents 2021 budget to NASS (Full speech)

Budget of Economic Recovery and Resilience  Delivered By: His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari President, Federal Republic of Nigeria At the Joint Session of the National Assembly, Abuja  Thursday, 8th October 2020 PROTOCOLS 1.  It is with pleasure that I present the 2021 Federal Budget Proposals to this Joint Session of the National Assembly. 2.  Distinguished and Honourable […]

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Prophetess nabbed for alleged multiple fraud

Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a Prophetess of the Celestial Church of Christ (CCC), Oluwakemi Sotonode also known as Marvelous, for allegedly fraudulently obtaining millions of naira from many people. She was arrested at her hideout on Tuesday, October 6, by operatives attached to the Public Complaint Bureau unit following series […]

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Alleged three times merited promotion denial, Prison officer commits suicide (Photos)

Nigerian prison officer named Alfred Bassa has been laid to rest after he reportedly committed suicide because he was allegedly denied promotion three times despite meriting it. 28-year-old Bassa, a staff of the Nigerian Correctional Service, formerly known as Nigerian Prison Service, drank a poisonous substance on October 2, 2020, shortly after arriving at work […]

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NULGE President, Khaleel collapses, dies

National President of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Ibrahim Khaleel is dead. According to family sources, Khaleel who is also the National Treasurer of the Nigeria Labour Congress NLC, slumped on Wednesday, October 7 and was rushed to National Hospital Abuja, where he was confirmed dead. Confirming his passing to newsmen, the chairman […]

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Fayose cries out, they want to kill me like Bola Ige, as thugs remove his cap at rally (Cap’s removal video)

Former Governor of Ekiti state, Ayo Fayose, has alleged that some persons within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South West region are plotting to kill him like former Attorney General of the federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Bola Ige. Fayose stated this while reacting to the removal of his cap by suspected hoodlums […]

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Singers Falz and Runtown lead #EndSARS protest in Lagos (Photos)

Singers, Folarin Falana popularly known as Falz, and Douglas Jack Agu, better known by his stage name, Runtown, on Thursday led the youths and some other Nigerians in a peaceful protest demanding the end of SARS in the country. The protest took place in the Lekki area in Lagos. The protesters all carried placards with […]

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Lagos Speaker, Obasa undergoing interrogation at EFCC office

Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, is in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) responding to allegations of fraud, reports say. The spokesman for the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, told The Punch that Obasa was invited and he honoured the invitation at the Lagos zone office of the […]

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Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli appointed as new Emir of Zazzau

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has approved the appointment of Amb. Ahmed Nuhu-Bamalli as the 19th Emir of Zazzau. The appointment is contained in a statement signed by the state commissioner of Local Government Affairs, Ja’afaru Ibrahim-Sani, today Wednesday, October 7. “The appointment is with immediate effect. All other arrangements for the installation ceremony and […]

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Tenant stabs his landlord to death in Nigeria (Graphic photos)

The police in Anambra state, Nigeria have arrested a 21-year-old man, Onyeamachi Mmaju, pictured above, for allegedly stabbing his landlord, Nonso Oyikoba, 35, to death in Ogidi Ani-Etiti in Idemili North LGA of the state on Tuesday, October 6. A statement released by the spokesperson of the state police command, Haruna Mohammed, dislosed that police […]

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Missing model is discovered buried in a secret mass grave (Photos)

A Mexican model who went missing two months ago after being kidnapped by a gang of masked men has been discovered buried in a secret mass grave. Yessenia Alvarado, 24, a mother-of-one who worked as a model in Mexico, was shopping in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, on August 18 when she was abducted. According to her […]

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Okonjo-Iweala moves to final stage on WTO race

Ex-Nigerian Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has reportedly advanced to the final round in the selection to lead the World Trade Organization (WTO). Only two of them remain standing on the contest, as members of the Geneva-based trade body also selected South Korea’s Yoo Myung-hee. The initial pool of eight candidates to replace Roberto Azevedo, […]

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Fani Kayode’s estranged wife, Precious Chikwendu confirms end of marriage

Precious Chikwendu has finally confirmed that her marriage to former Nigerian Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has ended. The mother of 4 confirmed the end of her marriage in an exchange with an Instagram follower after she shared photos with her sons. The follower had written: “These enablers are faceless, ur marriage is collapsing n […]

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Nigerian rapper, Olawale Hassan, jailed in the UK for rape

Nigerian rapper based in the United Kingdom, Olawale Hassan popularly known as Goldie 1, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping a woman. BBC.com reports that the 33-year-old, who lives at Falcon Avenue, Grays, Essex, attacked the victim in Southend in 2017 after claiming he was a music producer, officers said. Olawale […]

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#EndSARS protest rocks Lagos city

Nigerian youths in Lagos State, on Wednesday, protested against the alleged brutality and extra-judicial killings being perpetrated by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). The youths marched to the Force Headquarters, Ikeja, Lagos, through the Computer Village, Under Bridge, carrying placards with various inscriptions. They vowed that the protest will hold for three days […]

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Young woman killed by lightning strike, two weeks after her wedding

24-year-old woman was struck dead by lightning two weeks after her wedding in Namukanaga village, Namungalwe sub-county, Iganga district, Uganda. The deceased, Kamuya Nabirye, died on the spot after she was hit by lightning as she sat on a bench inside her house, while carrying her three-month-old daughter during a heavy downpour on Monday, October […]

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Scientists discover 24 planets, conditions may be more habitable than earth

Scientists have discovered 24 planets outside our solar system that they believe may have conditions even more suitable for life than Earth. In a new study, led by Washington State University, the researchers detail the characteristics for these potential ‘superhabitable’ planets. The planets are more than 100 light years away, but could be our best […]

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